Natural Gas A Renewable Resource

Many believe that natural gas is a limited resource and we will run out of it soon in the United States.

As to the latter belief, that is obviously in error as reported here:

U.S. Natural Gas Resource Estimates

Below are three estimates of natural gas reserves in the United States. The first, compiled by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), estimates that there are 1,747.47 Tcf of technically recoverable natural gas in the United States. This includes undiscovered, unproved, and unconventional natural gas. As seen from the table, proved reserves make up a very small proportion of the total recoverable natural gas resources in the U.S.

Natural Gas Technically Recoverable Resources
Natural Gas Resource Category (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1, 2007
Nonassociated Gas
Undiscovered	373.20
Onshore	113.61
Offshore	259.59
Inferred Reserves	220.14
Onshore	171.05
Offshore	49.09
Unconventional Gas Recovery	644.92
Tight Gas	309.58
Shale Gas	267.26
Coalbed Methane	68.09
Associated-Dissolved Gas	128.69
Total Lower 48 Unproved	1366.96
Alaska	169.43
Total U.S. Unproved	1536.38
Proved Reserves	211.09
Total Natural Gas	1747.47
Source: Energy Information Administration - Annual Energy Outlook 2009

As to the second belief that it is not renewable, recent studies have shown that a nearly inexhaustible supply comes from here...

Of course, this gas will be restricted by the EPA because it releases CO2 into the atmosphere when burned. That would make all of that hot air hotter.